121 Hard Working Woman Quotes To Inspire You

“Money does not impress a hard working woman.”

“Dreams are lovely but they are dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change.” — Shonda Rhimes

“Women need to give their all to achieve success.”

“It’s hard to be a woman. You must think like a man, act like a lady, look like a young girl, and work like a horse.”

“When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.” — Steve Pavlina

“We learned about dignity and decency—that how hard you work matters more than how much you make…that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.” — Michelle Obama

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it’s all the same day.”

“You’re gonna be happy” said life, “but first I’ll make you strong.”

“A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.”

“Do not whine…do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.” — Joan Didion

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn’t have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes.”

“I’m a strong woman. I don’t sit around feeling sorry for myself nor let people mistreat me. I don’t respond who dictate to me or try to bring me down. If I fall I will rise up even stronger because I am a survivor and not a victim. I am in control of my life and there is nothing I can’t achieve.”

“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.” — Margaret Sanger

“I’m tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b**ch, Okay.” — Madonna

“A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else.”

“I never dreamt for success. I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder

“Sometimes you gotta be a beauty and a beast.” — Pixabay

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.”

“She wraps herself in strength, carries herself with confidence, and works hard, strengthening her arms for the task at hand.” — Proverbs 31: 16-17

“I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.”

“A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation w bricks others have thrown at her.”

“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.” — Marge Piercy

“A woman who has run a home can run a country.”

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.” — Audrey Hepburn

“A strong woman loves, forgives, walks away, let’s go, tries again, and perseveres… does not matter what life throws at her.”

“You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people.” — Marsha Evans

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” — Melinda Gates

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a b*tch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”

“Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it.”

“Success isn’t given. It’s earned. On the track, on the field, in the gym. With blood, sweat, and the occasional tear.”

“A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.” — Ellen J. Barrier

“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” — Mother Teresa

“Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home for money, masculine-style.” — Gloria Steinem

“I am proud of the woman I am today, because I went through one hell of a time becoming her.”

“There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise.” — Korhan Erdol

“The perfect woman, you see is a working-woman, not a fine lady but one who uses her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.”

“Behind every hardworking man, is a hardworking woman who wakes his grown a*s up in the morning.”

“Money only impresses lazy girls. When a woman works hard, a man with money is a bonus, not a ladder to upgrade.”

“A strong woman is someone who raises other women up instead of tearing them down.” — Bruce Mars

“Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I’m not feeling my best I ask myself, ‘What are you gonna do about it?’ I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.” — Beyoncé Knowles

“The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.” — Susan B. Anthony

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou

“She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.” — Chevanon Photography

“A woman is a full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” — Diane Mariechild

“The best protection any woman can have … is courage.” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“The perfect woman, you see is a working – woman, not an idler, not a fine lady, but one who uses her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.” — Thomas Hardy

“Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.” — Madame Marie du Deffand

“And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.” — Mark Anthony

“A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.” — Nancy Rathburn

“A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal combination.” — Prabal Gurung

“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.” — Bruce Mars

“She wraps herself in strength carries herself with confidence and works hard, strengthening her arms for the task at hand.”

“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.” — Margaret Thatcher

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still come out of it.” — Maya Angelou

“It’s important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.” — Tamara Mellon

“I am not a difficult woman at all. I am simply a strong woman and know my worth.”

“Be a strong woman so your daughter will have a role model and your son will know what to look for in a woman when he’s a man.”

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller

“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint—and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.” — Oprah ...

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“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” — Madame C.J. Walker

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a b**ch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” — Maya Angelou

“She wasn’t born herself. She found herself over a long and treacherous road. And the more treacherous the road became, the more of herself she found.”

“I am a working woman. I take care of a home. I hold down a job. I am nuts.” — Barbara Dale

“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.”

“I would rather struggle and work hard for everything I have than have someone tell me “YOU wouldn’t have that if it wasn’t for me.”.

“Behind every working woman is an enormous pile of unwashed laundry.” — Barbara Dale

“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.”

“I’ve worked too hard to quit now.”

“I work hard, I pay my bills, I maintain myself, I’m independent. When you see me, know that’s all me. I’m not kept, I do the keeping.”

“We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home.” — Rosalyn Sussman

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.”

“Alone, by herself, she built the kingdom that she wanted.”

“Do not judge a woman on her knees: you never know how tall she is when she stands.”

“Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry.”

“Don’t be the girl who fell. Be the girl who got back up.”

“The most dangerous woman of all is the one who refuses to rely on your sword to save her because she carries her own.”

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”

“Don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!”

“Sometimes an angel, sometimes a hell-raiser, always a strong and independent woman.”

“Just watch, all of you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do. I’ll go across the country, I’ll race to the Moon. I’ll never look back.”

“Never ever mistake her silence for weakness. Remember that sometimes the air stills, before the onset of a hurricane.”

“This journey has always been about reaching your own other shores no matter what it is, and that dream continues.”

“You must know this, there is always something out there that you can keep fighting for. So don’t give up.”

“I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.”

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

“You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.” — Tabitha Mort

“A woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.”

“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.” — Artem Beliaikin

“I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life – and I became that woman.”

“Some women are lost in the fire, some women are built from it.”

“It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.”

“It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest as if it were the only one we had.”

“You may not be everything you thought you’d be by now, but you can be the one who loves, serves, and gives her all, and waters and nurtures every plant in the garden that God has already given her.”

“Her damaged petals are what made her more beautiful than all the other flowers.”

“You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.”

“One cannot accomplish anything without fanaticism.” — Eva Peron

“Miracles happen every day, change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you.”

“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there are love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”

“Little girls with dreams become women with vision.”

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

“The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.”

“She was unstoppable, not because she did not have failures or doubts, but because she continued on…”

“It needs to be said and heard: it’s OK to be who you are.”

“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”

“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, keep the faith. And, when you’re knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.”

“My father had a very simple view of life: you don’t get anything for nothing. Everything has to be earned, through work, persistence and honesty.” — Grace Kelly

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”

“It’s a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“If you want something you’ve never had before, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done before.” — Coco Chanel

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognise them.” — Ann Landers

“Women hold up half the sky.” — Chinese Proverb

“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our ability.” — J. K. Rowling

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“Be the kind of woman who, when your feet hit the floor in the morning, the Devil says, Oh no, she’s up.”

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” — Shirley Chisholm

“You had the power all along my dear.”